ShelfPlayer

Name: ShelfPlayer
Price: 5.99 USD
Rating: 3.9 (127 reviews)
Author: Rasmus Kramer

By: Rasmus Kramer

Audiobookshelf client

Features & Capabilities

ShelfPlayer is a native iOS app that acts as a client for self-hosted Audiobookshelf libraries. It does not host or stream content itself; you connect to your Audiobookshelf server and its libraries to listen to audiobooks and podcasts with a single, integrated experience.

From multi-server support and flexible authentication to offline playback, AirPlay, CarPlay, and Siri Shortcuts, ShelfPlayer unifies listening across books, podcasts, authors, narrators, series, and playlists while keeping your listening data in sync and private.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Music & Audio Privacy & Security

By:

Rasmus Kramer

Rating:

3.90

(127)

Version:

3.2.1 Last updated: 2026-03-18

Version code:

883475671

Creation date:

2024-03-13

Compatible devices:

Size:

15.02MB

Price:

5.99

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 145,718 ▼ 550

Other rankings

#4 in Books (Paid) ▲ 5

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Developed by:

Rasmus Kramer

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shelfplayer/id6475221163

Website:

https://github.com/rasmuslos/ShelfPlayer

User Reviews

ShelfPlayer shows strong integration with Audiobookshelf and a polished UI across Apple devices, with active developer support. However, recurring issues undercut reliability: offline playback is broken, last-position tracking is inconsistent, updates introduce regressions, library browsing can be incomplete, and device-control quirks persist. The app is promising and well-regarded, but stability and data-sync problems appear across many reviews.

Pros

Excellent Audiobookshelf integration and Apple ecosystem compatibility (iOS, iPadOS, macOS).
Beautiful, elegant UI with polished design and attention to details.
Rich feature set and high configurability (Collections, shortcuts, extensive settings).
Active developer responsiveness and ongoing bug fixes.
Good cross-device support and overall user satisfaction across years.

Cons

Offline mode is broken or unreliable; downloaded books may not play without a network.
Progress tracking/last-position is inconsistent; books can restart or lose place.
Update-induced regressions; new bugs appear after updates and disrupt usage.
Incomplete library browsing (e.g., not all books from an author appear; genre search returns no results).
Device-control and UI quirks (AirPods skip behavior, CarPlay field missing, bookmarks requiring app restart).

Recent reviews

Previous update finally solved the background crashing issue, but caused numerous other issues. 1. Trying to play a completed episode without first explicitly resetting progress causes an instant crash 2. If you have used the sleep timer, you must set to random value, then cancels, then set again. Otherwise it will show a negative number in the thousands and prevent podcasts from playing 3. The latest field has disappeared from CarPlay with no discernible way to get it back. 4. Double click AirPods no longer skips forward, but instead SKIPS TO THE NEXT EPISODE unlike every other audio app in existence. There seems to be no way to change this 5. The currently playing display at the bottom of the screen with occasionally stop working and require a force close 6. Occasionally will crash when queueing multiple episodes To users - maybe just use plappa. It’s clunky and less pretty, but it actually works consistently To the dev - maybe layoff the vibes. Random things are breaking and changing in every update. Kinda bums me out

by Im*****, 2026-04-10

I’m really happy overall with ShelfPlayer as it manages my audiobooks via audiobookshelf running on my Linux server. The problem is, it occasionally starts the book from the beginning. This isn’t a huge deal for shorter books, but I’m listening to 1000+ page books over the course of weeks/months and it takes a long long time of skipping around in the audio book to find my place. Infuriating. Edit: seems fixed

by Ji*****, 2026-03-23

I’m at a period of life where reading books is difficult. I listen to books almost constantly. I have a half dozen audiobook apps and this one is my go to. I have multiple long series that I enjoy re-listening to, and this is a simple way to do that.